Hauling-truck.



L. LA BRADE.

HAULING TRUCK. I APPLICATION FILED MAY 21. 1915 1,161,694. Patented Nov.23, 1915.

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HAULING TRUCK.

APPLICATION r1110 MAYZX. 1915 latvntml Nov. 23, 1915.

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ties from one place to another, such as boxes,

bags of feed and the like.

One of the objects of the 1nvent1on 1s to provide a truck body mountedupon sultable wheels and provided with a yleldable bottom, mounted onguides in the body, the

yieldable means being so constructed as to hold the bottom normallyadjacent the top of the body of the truck, so that as dliferentcommodities are placed upon the bottom, the

- same will gradually descend. By this construction the efficiency ofthe haulers or operators of the truck is greatly increased, particularlybecause of the back breaking labor of bending almost double in' order toreach the bottom of the truck is entirely eliminated.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple. and efficientconstruction of truck, which is inexpensive to manufacture.

Another object of the invention is to reduce the time consumed inpacking the products or produce, or other commodities in the truck.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitatealterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, ashereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is :1 view i perspective of the improved truckconstructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view.Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 1 is a perspective viewlooking upwardly toward the bottom of the truck. Fig. 5 is an enlargeddetailed section view through a part of the movable bottom, one of thebeams 4 and one of the brackets 10, showing one of the rods 8, a socketplate 7 and a coil spring on the rod.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 designates a truck body,which may be of any suitable shape, preferably rectan- Specification ofLetters Patent.

brackets 10, which are Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

Application filed May 21, 1915. Serial No. 29,516.

gular in plan view, and comprisesthe ends 2 and longitudinal sides 3 andthe supporting beams 4 at the bottom, which beams 4 extend transverselyof the body, and are connected at 5 to the sides at their lower edges.The end beams, however, are secured to the end parts 2. Removablymounted in socket plates 7 in the transverse beams 4 are the lower endsof the rods 8, the upper ends of which are mounted in sockets 9 of theangle secured at 11 to the end portions of the body. However, beforeinserting the upper ends of the rods 8 in the sockets 9 the movabley'ieldable bottom 12 is placed in the body, so that the rods 8 will passthrough the apertures 13 of the corners of the bottom 12, there beingcoil springs interposed between the movable yieldable bottom 12 and thelower socket plates 7. These coil springs 14 constitute means to holdthe bottom 12 normally adjacent the upper edge of the body. Whendifferent produce or products or other commodities are placed upon thebottom 12 it gradually descends, the weight of the different commoditiesacting to gradually overcome the tension of the springs. The uppersurface of the articles or commodities on the bottom 12 as it descends,incident to additional weight being placed thereon, remainssubstantially flush with the upper edge of the body, therefore in thismanner the back breaking labor of bending over the truck to reach thebottom of the same is eliminated. To further guide the bottom 12 in itsmovements, the ends and sides of the body are provided with verticalguide strips 15, which are dove-tailed in the dove-tailed recesses 16 ofthe end and side edges of the bottom 12. Carried by the under face ofthe transverse beams or bars 4 are supporting brackets 17 havingsuitable wheels 18, whereby the truck may be wheeled or rolled from oneplace to the other. The ends of the body are provided with suitablehandles 19, to permit the haulers or laborers to conveniently handle thetruck.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and usefulis In combination, a truck body open at the top and bottom, cross beamsextending transversely of the bottom, a movable bottom mounted in saidbody, said cross beams having sockets, angular brackets secured to theends of the body adjacent the top and extending partially over theinterior of the body, guides mounted in bearings of the In testimonywhereof l have signed my overhangmglml'ts of the brackets. and then nameto thlsspeclfication in the presence of lower ends 111 sand sockets andextendlng two snbscnbmg witnesses.

through the movable bottom :uljzurent the LEV I LA BRADE. 5 cornersthereof, and yieldable means on said Witnesses:

guide to hold the movable bottom normally HARRY BACHER,

adjacent the top of the body. FRANK HOLMES.

